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Tonight, we delve into the extraordinary life of a man who wasn’t just a racing legend but an icon of human spirit and determination.

Through the lens of Netflix's highly anticipated ...miniseries, we’ll explore the meteoric rise, relentless drive, and untamed passion of Ayrton Senna—one of Formula 1's greatest champions.

Born in Brazil, a land of contrasts and dreams, Senna’s journey was nothing short of a cinematic masterpiece. From his humble beginnings on the karting tracks of São Paulo to his three world championships and the unforgettable rivalries that defined an era, Ayrton's story is as exhilarating as the circuits he conquered.

But beyond the roar of the engines, the glitz of podiums, and the iconic yellow helmet, there was a man. A man who carried the weight of a nation, who raced with his heart as much as his skill, and whose life ended too soon, leaving a legacy that transcends sport.

This is more than a story about speed and victory; it’s a tale of resilience, faith, and a relentless pursuit of perfection.

And joining us tonight to help break down the miniseries episode by episode and dissect its most pivotal moments is our most-returnest guest co-host William “Big Money” Ross from the Exotic Car Marketplace, along with Professor Jon Summers, the Motoring Historian.

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00:00:00 Introduction to Grand Touring Motorsports
00:00:22 Ayrton Senna: The Racing Legend
00:01:19 Exploring Netflix's Senna Miniseries
00:01:46 The Anticipation and Production of the Series
00:02:20 Analyzing the Miniseries: Style and Substance
00:03:48 Senna's Story: From Brazil to Formula One
00:04:05 The Miniseries' Portrayal of Senna
00:05:38 Entertainment vs. Historical Accuracy
00:06:40 Senna's Early Racing Career
00:07:53 The Fast-Paced Storytelling of the Miniseries
00:11:33 Senna's Personal Life and Relationships
00:16:17 Senna's Rivalries and Racing Tactics
00:20:17 The Role of Media and Public Perception
00:23:33 Senna's Impact on Formula One
00:25:02 The Prost-Senna Rivalry
00:35:08 The Legacy of Ayrton Senna
00:41:37 Senna's Infamous Lap of the Gods
00:42:02 Senna's Out of Body Experience
00:43:30 The Real Senna: Authenticity and Reactions
00:45:22 Monaco 1990: Redemption
00:45:30 Action Sequences and Real Footage
00:48:35 Senna's Relationship with Honda
00:54:14 Senna's Personal Life and Relationships
00:57:17 The Tragic Weekend at Imola
01:06:39 Senna's Legacy and Final Thoughts
01:14:52 Conclusion and Recommendations

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Pebble Beach, Eva Braun’s Bum, Racing Top Gun, a scruffy Bugatti & a Mafia Ferrari

Jon Summers (https://motoringpodcast.net/about/personalities/jon-summers/) is the Motoring Historian. He was a company car thrashing technology sales rep that turned into a fairly inept sports bike rider. On his show he gets ...together with various co-hosts to talk about new and old cars, driving, motorbikes, motor racing, motoring travel.

Joined by his high school friend Mark, they discuss an amusing incident involving rescuing a stuck car on a sandy road. They dive into a detailed description of Jon’s recent vacation in Greece, including his experiences driving on the challenging roads of Crete, car rental stories, and reflecting on the local automotive culture. The conversation also touches on music, specifically the band Monster Magnet, and the importance of mediated experiences in motorsport. The episode concludes with personal anecdotes and humorous observations about dog ownership.

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Monster Magnet - Cyclone (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikw3ERzazKs)

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Stuck in sand; J saves the day with plenty of right foot

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Monster Magnet - Dig That Hole (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf7COP-dW6s)

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A digression on Monster Magnet

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Monster Magnet - Negasonic Teenage Warhead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKj5cJ9_KSg)

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J’s digression on Corgis

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J’s Lidar podcast and David Beckham's boot (https://jonsummers.net/2024/06/ep22-hawkwind-the-history-of-lidar/)

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J’s Nvidia Gixxer

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M reviews Cretan geography and culture

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M’s Toyota Aygo rental

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Lee Car UK’s Citroen C1 / Toyota Aygo/ Peugeot 107 buyers guide (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVc5FmsrwbE)

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M’s Guide To Driving on Crete

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Cretan driving etiquette

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Monster Magnet - Space Lord (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dscfeQOMuGw)

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J’s digression on his uh creative process

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Summers & Son Used Car Trading Infomercial (https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?item=256579199833&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l161211&_ssn=summersandsonusedcartrading)

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J justifies the rambling style of the pod, Motor Sports As A Mediated Experience

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Monster Magnet - Wall of Fire (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJH6W-c-Rgw)

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M’s Drink Driving advice for Crete

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M on Cretan Goats

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M on Cretan Japanese Pick ups

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The House of Three Fiestas

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Monster Magnet - Gods and Punks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=347M0hcgjcw)

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M compares roads to San Remo Rally stages; nonetheless recommends driving in Crete

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M recommends against budget car rental agencies in Crete

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M’s Santorini rental drop off story

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Monster Magnet - Dinosaur Vacuum (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjelR577XPc)

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Jon Summers (https://motoringpodcast.net/about/personalities/jon-summers/) is the Motoring Historian. He was a company car thrashing technology sales rep that turned into a fairly inept sports bike rider. On his show he gets ...together with various co-hosts to talk about new and old cars, driving, motorbikes, motor racing, motoring travel.

Jon shares an in-depth discussion on the role and technological evolution of LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) in autonomous vehicles. Jon delves into a presentation by Valeo, exploring how LIDAR sensors function as part of an autonomous vehicle's perception system. He highlights that while Elon Musk dismisses LIDAR in favor of other technologies, major German automakers like Mercedes, BMW, and Audi integrate LIDAR with their partnerships. Through anecdotes from a Society of Automotive Engineers event, Jon describes the advances in LIDAR resolution, from early basic units to the sophisticated systems able to detect minute details. The presentation by Raphael, a skilled engineer from Valeo, emphasized the importance of integrating LIDAR with existing automotive systems and discussed challenges such as weather conditions and sensor standardization. He contextualizes this discussion within the history and future trajectory of automotive technology, comparing it to his classic collection of vehicles and bikes.

• Hawkwind -Master of the Universe

• An Introduction to Lidar, by someone who can’t remember what the acronym stands for

• Wisk, the flying car people (https://wisk.aero/)

• Tristram Shandy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_and_Opinions_of_Tristram_Shandy,_Gentleman)

• The Presenter, Rafael Fors (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafel-fors/)

• Data point capture and the measure of the rate of progress. 44k to 12.5 million is the corrected, key data point I got wrong (go me!)

• J saw the rise of Nvidia coming, thanks to researching robot cars

• David Beckham’s football boot as a metaphor, Valeo is the boot not the player

• Top Trumps slide on the performance (https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNSXywQjMSzrr5htDOX-2Ulr7_yemZhjeHeClWZb4paNsyDAMdjr553MltKFqvR7w?pli=1&key=ZlpVVXd1Wm1saEZSaVhYSEh2M0pMdmNMVndUMktn)

• Foxconn (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5uxuOttJb0) and the coming Chinese EV invasion

• Valeo Scala 3 (https://www.valeo.com/en/catalogue/cda/long-range-lidar-sensors-scala-gen-3/)

• Hawkwind - Moonglum (chorus)

• Audi’s 15 year built in obsolesense

• Hawkwind - Spirit of the Age

• A digression on Audi’s fake exhausts

• BMW design has badly lost it’s way

• Hawkwind - The Right to Decide

• Hawkwind - Psy Power

• Scala 2’s wash wipe looks like the ones on J and M’s 1990 Ford Sierra Ghia

• A stupid question?

• Waymo a user?

• Hawkwind - Moonglum (solo)

• Conclusions: the true value of Lidar, and a prediction of flying cars

• Hawkwind - Spirit of the Age

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Hydrogen Trucks Through The Lens of a 9 Year Old

Jon Summers (https://motoringpodcast.net/about/personalities/jon-summers/) is the Motoring Historian. He was a company car thrashing technology sales rep that turned into a fairly inept sports bike rider. On his show he gets ...together with various co-hosts to talk about new and old cars, driving, motorbikes, motor racing, motoring travel.

In this episode, Jon and his son Oliver delve into the world of hydrogen trucks during a visit to the Port of Oakland. They attend a presentation at a hydrogen fueling station, learning about the environmental benefits and challenges of hydrogen technology over traditional diesel and battery-electric trucks. Jon and Oliver explore the technical aspects of hydrogen refueling and compare Hyundai and Nikola trucks, discussing their design and potential in the trucking industry. The insights from various experts highlight the importance of hydrogen in achieving zero-emission goals.

• Jerry Reed - East Bound and Down (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOgUaFkpS3Y)

• J & Son attend the opening of the world’s first big rig hydrogen station, with associated government and electric truck razzamatazz

• The Press Conference and a digression on nomenclature

• What colour is “pickle”? An existential discussion

• The First Element dude (https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-miyasato-04b08011/)

• The Carb Lady (https://www.linkedin.com/in/liane-randolph-carb/)

• The Hyundai dude (with the waistcoat that rode up)

• A Good Question from the LA Times; (https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-04-24/the-first-big-rig-hydrogen-fuel-station-in-the-u-s-opens-in-california) how clean is the wrap around technology?

• The Cummins rep and people who leave the rock show before the encore is over

• J’s digression on getting stuck in muddy car parks at Silverstone, and sleeping in the company Vectra

• O’s digression on his favorite car - Texaco/Havoline Porsche 962 (https://live.staticflickr.com/6092/6253163708_5ed48a398a_b.jpg) and Joe’s Soft Serve

• “The Science Bit”, which J didn’t understand “A dude with a beard and no hair…..and a bunch of pipes in a shipping container”

• O operates the Actual Gas Pump for Hydrogen

• O mocks his father’s skills with Podcastle

• True Zero (https://www.truezero.com/)

• Hyundai (https://ecv.hyundai.com/global/en/products/xcient-fuel-cell-truck-fcev)

• Nikola (https://nikolamotor.com/) - which requires a different pump attachment to “hydrogen up”

• J chat’s with Hyundai rep: “why now?”

• Hydrogen is not competing with Diesel, rather with BEVs for last mile/fixed routes, because -

• 400-500 miles range (diesel trucks might do 800/day)

• Better Payload

• Faster refueling

• Better vs. natural disasters

• The hydrogen station as a single point of failure; may work for some fleet applications, but not right for over the road owner driver truckers

• Visual bait and switch - looks like a cabover sleeper truck, but actually what looks like the sleeper hides the hydrogen tanks/. Which “look like missiles”.

• “If California is to meet it’s zero emissions goal in 2046, hydrogen must be part of the solution”

• So how fully baked is this? J was less convinced after a drive around the Port of Oakland and chatting with real truckers

• O reviews the two trucks; Nikola seemed far more wholistic, next generational design, while the Hyundai felt more of the parts bin special it is.

• The game changer of one pedal driving; O feels he could drive it, J feels we are very close to autonomy

• The challenge is clearly around the delivery of hydrogen, not the trucks

• J feels soon the smell and noise of diesel will soon be like cigarette smoke in bars - recently gone, and already forgotten

• Rainbow - Man On The Silver Mountain (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORnvO1VyYMk)

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